“Treated But Not Chlorinated” Sewage Released into Strait of Juan de Fuca
About one million gallons of “insufficiently disinfected effluent” was released by the Port Angeles sewage treatment plant into the Strait during a 20-hour period beginning Tuesday afternoon. The discharge was caused by a failed chlorine pump.
County health officials are advising the public to avoid “recreational water contact” in Port Angeles Harbor through next Wednesday.
County health officials are advising the public to avoid “recreational water contact” in Port Angeles Harbor through next Wednesday.
posted by Tom Harper at 10:32 PM
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It's not exactly USEFUL, per se, but it does add to the ambience of the place.
so what, Victoria does it everyday.
Just in time for the Arts in Action Festival being held on the beach this weekend!
"Treated" sounds so, safe.
Of course, "treated" means all kinds of different things. With this sewage discharge, if it didn't pose a health hazard, they wouldn't be required to chlorinate the stuff, and they wouldn't be asking the public to avoid contact with the water.
Yumm! Fresh caught crab, anyone?
Speaking of raw sewage...
So, about Ms. Barkhuis ridiculous claim that she is “Licensed to Opinionate”…
--Her opinion was WRONG when she suggested that the previous County Treasurer must have been involved in her former employee’s embezzlement of Real Estate Excise Tax funds.
--Her opinion was WRONG when she accused the Mayor of Forks of lying when she said the Quillayute Valley Park & Recreation District (QVPRD) couldn’t afford to make its annual loan payment to the County.
--Her opinion was WRONG when she accused two of the QVPRD Board members of using taxpayer funds for their own personal gain.
--Her opinion was WRONG when she disagreed with the QVPRD Bond Attorney, the Clallam County Prosecutor and the County Administrator’s advice that they could not use excess proceeds in their Bond Tax Fund to pay operational expenses, until the Bond had been completely paid off.
--Her opinion was WRONG when she demanded that the County Prosecutor get a ruling from the State Attorney General’s office on the use of the Bond Tax fund.
--Her opinion was WRONG after the Attorney General agreed with the aforementioned Bond Council, County Prosecutor and County Administrator and she stated the AG didn’t understand the issue.
--Her opinion was WRONG when she claimed that the County Board of Commissioners could not legally loan money to the City of Port Angeles for assistance in funding a public works project (rehabilitation and repair of its solid waste facility), despite RCW 36.135.030 which gives clear, unequivocal, approval to do so.
--Her opinion was WRONG when she claimed that the County Administrator’s reference to AGO 61-62 as support for the idea that loaning public money from the County’s General Fund or Road Department Reserves did not constitute a use of such funds, but only a change in the nature of the assets in the fund from cash to an enforceable account receivable.
--Her opinion was WRONG when she claimed that the County Administrator “urged” the Board of County Commissioners to loan the City of Port Angeles the $7.75 million that they were asking for, when the Work Session transcript she provided (and illegally paid for with public money) clearly showed he said “…if we wanted to go down this path, we could afford to go down this path with about half the money, for a five year period, without significantly affecting our liquidity, without significantly affecting our ability to respond to our own emergencies…”
--Her opinion was WRONG when she claimed that the County Administrator is the “highest paid county employee”, when a simple request to the H.R. department shows that he is not even one of the top 5 highest paid employees.
Licensed to Opinionate? It is a good thing it is not against the law to express our opinions in the good old USA, but do you need a license to actually be WRONG so many, many times?
Well, glad SOMEBODY has an opinion, and can express it!
Selinda is w-h-a-c-k-o in spades, but the Grievance mob, lead by equally w-h-a-c-k-o types like Max, Sissi and the rest fall all over because, after all, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
@ 9:36 AM
I think it is interesting that the Commissioners accepted a legal opinion on Ms. Barkhuis' allegations from the Sheriff! Hunh? Is the Sheriff an acknowledged expert in municipal finance law?
Does the Sheriff ever decide when to prosecute, or is even that done by (wait for it) The Prosecutor?!
I'm guessing that these issues have not been resolved, just because the Sheriff ventured his opinion. One of which was something to the effect of " let's not bother the Attorney General with these matters".
Right.
Yes. Anybody expressing concerns over what goes on here in Port Angeles must be " w-h-a-c-k-o in spades", because things are going so great, and have been for years now.
Obviously.
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